Blake's 7 to be revived by Microsoft for Xbox One

From Star One to Xbox One: Blake's 7 could be coming back, as Microsoft is reported to be backing a remake of the classic BBC sci-fi show for owners of the upcoming games console.

Georgeville TV's reboot of Blake's 7 is
helmed by Heroes writer Joe Pokaski and GoldenEye director Martin Campbell, and was originally intended to appear on TV channel SyFy. But it now seems the 13-episode series will go out on the Xbox, according to the Financial Times.

Created by Terry "I invented the Daleks I did" Nation, Blake's 7 first aired in 1978. It was like a very British, anti-Star Trek, in which a ragtag band of criminals and troublemakers took on the totalitarian Terran Federation and, more often than not, lost. It included such technological marvels as Orac, a small box that could communicate with other computers. How novel!